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Civil society participation index in United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Civil society participation index was 0.889 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.889
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
25th
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.956
in 1990
All-time low
0.192
in 1789
Years of data
237
1789–2025

Civil society participation index in United Kingdom, 1789–2025

0.20.40.60.81178919072025

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

United Kingdom recorded 0.889 for civil society participation index in 2025.

That represents a change of down 6.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, civil society participation index in United Kingdom peaked at 0.956 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.192, in 1789.

United Kingdom ranks 25th of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Civil society participation index in United Kingdom, year by year

Year Value Change
1789 0.192 —
1790 0.192 +0.0%
1791 0.192 +0.0%
1792 0.192 +0.0%
1793 0.192 +0.0%
1794 0.192 +0.0%
1795 0.192 +0.0%
1796 0.192 +0.0%
1797 0.192 +0.0%
1798 0.192 +0.0%
1799 0.192 +0.0%
1800 0.192 +0.0%
1801 0.192 +0.0%
1802 0.192 +0.0%
1803 0.192 +0.0%
1804 0.192 +0.0%
1805 0.192 +0.0%
1806 0.192 +0.0%
1807 0.192 +0.0%
1808 0.396 +106.2%
1809 0.396 +0.0%
1810 0.396 +0.0%
1811 0.396 +0.0%
1812 0.396 +0.0%
1813 0.396 +0.0%
1814 0.396 +0.0%
1815 0.396 +0.0%
1816 0.396 +0.0%
1817 0.396 +0.0%
1818 0.396 +0.0%
1819 0.396 +0.0%
1820 0.396 +0.0%
1821 0.396 +0.0%
1822 0.396 +0.0%
1823 0.396 +0.0%
1824 0.396 +0.0%
1825 0.396 +0.0%
1826 0.396 +0.0%
1827 0.396 +0.0%
1828 0.396 +0.0%
1829 0.396 +0.0%
1830 0.56 +41.4%
1831 0.56 +0.0%
1832 0.56 +0.0%
1833 0.56 +0.0%
1834 0.56 +0.0%
1835 0.629 +12.3%
1836 0.629 +0.0%
1837 0.629 +0.0%
1838 0.667 +6.0%
1839 0.667 +0.0%
1840 0.667 +0.0%
1841 0.667 +0.0%
1842 0.667 +0.0%
1843 0.667 +0.0%
1844 0.667 +0.0%
1845 0.667 +0.0%
1846 0.667 +0.0%
1847 0.667 +0.0%
1848 0.667 +0.0%
1849 0.667 +0.0%
1850 0.667 +0.0%
1851 0.667 +0.0%
1852 0.667 +0.0%
1853 0.667 +0.0%
1854 0.667 +0.0%
1855 0.667 +0.0%
1856 0.667 +0.0%
1857 0.667 +0.0%
1858 0.667 +0.0%
1859 0.667 +0.0%
1860 0.667 +0.0%
1861 0.667 +0.0%
1862 0.667 +0.0%
1863 0.667 +0.0%
1864 0.667 +0.0%
1865 0.667 +0.0%
1866 0.667 +0.0%
1867 0.692 +3.7%
1868 0.692 +0.0%
1869 0.692 +0.0%
1870 0.692 +0.0%
1871 0.692 +0.0%
1872 0.692 +0.0%
1873 0.692 +0.0%
1874 0.692 +0.0%
1875 0.692 +0.0%
1876 0.692 +0.0%
1877 0.692 +0.0%
1878 0.692 +0.0%
1879 0.692 +0.0%
1880 0.692 +0.0%
1881 0.692 +0.0%
1882 0.692 +0.0%
1883 0.692 +0.0%
1884 0.692 +0.0%
1885 0.692 +0.0%
1886 0.692 +0.0%
1887 0.692 +0.0%
1888 0.692 +0.0%
1889 0.692 +0.0%
1890 0.692 +0.0%
1891 0.692 +0.0%
1892 0.692 +0.0%
1893 0.692 +0.0%
1894 0.692 +0.0%
1895 0.692 +0.0%
1896 0.692 +0.0%
1897 0.692 +0.0%
1898 0.692 +0.0%
1899 0.692 +0.0%
1900 0.692 +0.0%
1901 0.692 +0.0%
1902 0.692 +0.0%
1903 0.692 +0.0%
1904 0.692 +0.0%
1905 0.692 +0.0%
1906 0.692 +0.0%
1907 0.692 +0.0%
1908 0.692 +0.0%
1909 0.692 +0.0%
1910 0.692 +0.0%
1911 0.692 +0.0%
1912 0.692 +0.0%
1913 0.692 +0.0%
1914 0.711 +2.7%
1915 0.711 +0.0%
1916 0.711 +0.0%
1917 0.711 +0.0%
1918 0.711 +0.0%
1919 0.718 +1.0%
1920 0.718 +0.0%
1921 0.718 +0.0%
1922 0.718 +0.0%
1923 0.718 +0.0%
1924 0.718 +0.0%
1925 0.718 +0.0%
1926 0.718 +0.0%
1927 0.718 +0.0%
1928 0.718 +0.0%
1929 0.735 +2.4%
1930 0.739 +0.5%
1931 0.739 +0.0%
1932 0.739 +0.0%
1933 0.739 +0.0%
1934 0.739 +0.0%
1935 0.739 +0.0%
1936 0.739 +0.0%
1937 0.739 +0.0%
1938 0.739 +0.0%
1939 0.781 +5.7%
1940 0.781 +0.0%
1941 0.781 +0.0%
1942 0.781 +0.0%
1943 0.781 +0.0%
1944 0.781 +0.0%
1945 0.836 +7.0%
1946 0.857 +2.5%
1947 0.857 +0.0%
1948 0.857 +0.0%
1949 0.857 +0.0%
1950 0.884 +3.2%
1951 0.884 +0.0%
1952 0.884 +0.0%
1953 0.884 +0.0%
1954 0.884 +0.0%
1955 0.884 +0.0%
1956 0.884 +0.0%
1957 0.884 +0.0%
1958 0.884 +0.0%
1959 0.884 +0.0%
1960 0.907 +2.6%
1961 0.907 +0.0%
1962 0.907 +0.0%
1963 0.907 +0.0%
1964 0.907 +0.0%
1965 0.907 +0.0%
1966 0.918 +1.2%
1967 0.918 +0.0%
1968 0.918 +0.0%
1969 0.918 +0.0%
1970 0.929 +1.2%
1971 0.936 +0.8%
1972 0.936 +0.0%
1973 0.936 +0.0%
1974 0.936 +0.0%
1975 0.936 +0.0%
1976 0.922 -1.5%
1977 0.922 +0.0%
1978 0.922 +0.0%
1979 0.872 -5.4%
1980 0.925 +6.1%
1981 0.925 +0.0%
1982 0.925 +0.0%
1983 0.925 +0.0%
1984 0.925 +0.0%
1985 0.925 +0.0%
1986 0.925 +0.0%
1987 0.925 +0.0%
1988 0.925 +0.0%
1989 0.925 +0.0%
1990 0.956 +3.4%
1991 0.956 +0.0%
1992 0.956 +0.0%
1993 0.956 +0.0%
1994 0.956 +0.0%
1995 0.956 +0.0%
1996 0.956 +0.0%
1997 0.956 +0.0%
1998 0.956 +0.0%
1999 0.956 +0.0%
2000 0.956 +0.0%
2001 0.956 +0.0%
2002 0.956 +0.0%
2003 0.956 +0.0%
2004 0.956 +0.0%
2005 0.956 +0.0%
2006 0.949 -0.7%
2007 0.949 +0.0%
2008 0.949 +0.0%
2009 0.949 +0.0%
2010 0.949 +0.0%
2011 0.949 +0.0%
2012 0.952 +0.3%
2013 0.955 +0.3%
2014 0.955 +0.0%
2015 0.955 +0.0%
2016 0.955 +0.0%
2017 0.955 +0.0%
2018 0.952 -0.3%
2019 0.941 -1.2%
2020 0.95 +1.0%
2021 0.939 -1.2%
2022 0.946 +0.7%
2023 0.912 -3.6%
2024 0.889 -2.5%
2025 0.889 +0.0%

United Kingdom compared with similar countries

  • United Kingdom's 0.889 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.831, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • United Kingdom's 0.889 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7645, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1780s 0.192 0.192 0.192 1
1790s 0.192 0.192 0.192 10
1800s 0.2328 0.192 0.396 10
1810s 0.396 0.396 0.396 10
1820s 0.396 0.396 0.396 10
1830s 0.6021 0.56 0.667 10
1840s 0.667 0.667 0.667 10
1850s 0.667 0.667 0.667 10
1860s 0.6745 0.667 0.692 10
1870s 0.692 0.692 0.692 10
1880s 0.692 0.692 0.692 10
1890s 0.692 0.692 0.692 10
1900s 0.692 0.692 0.692 10
1910s 0.7041 0.692 0.718 10
1920s 0.7197 0.718 0.735 10
1930s 0.7432 0.739 0.781 10
1940s 0.8169 0.781 0.857 10
1950s 0.884 0.884 0.884 10
1960s 0.9114 0.907 0.918 10
1970s 0.9247 0.872 0.936 10
1980s 0.925 0.925 0.925 10
1990s 0.956 0.956 0.956 10
2000s 0.9532 0.949 0.956 10
2010s 0.9518 0.941 0.955 10
2020s 0.9208 0.889 0.95 6

Countries ranked near United Kingdom

  1. 22 Latvia 0.892 compare
  2. 23 Spain 0.891 compare
  3. 24 Estonia 0.89 compare
  4. 26 Austria 0.884 compare
  5. 27 Costa Rica 0.883 compare
  6. 28 Italy 0.882 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is civil society participation index in United Kingdom?
Civil society participation index in United Kingdom was 0.889 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest civil society participation index recorded in United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 0.956 in 1990.
What is the lowest civil society participation index recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 0.192 in 1789.
How does United Kingdom rank for civil society participation index?
United Kingdom ranks 25th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is civil society participation index rising or falling in United Kingdom?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Kingdom data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Civil society participation index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Civil society participation index
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,063 data points, 1789–2025
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